What was she running from? And how futile was it? Did she actually think she could run away from the disappointment in her life? She puts down her bag, holds her daughter's hand and walks up the stairs. Ila gazes at her suitcases and her kid from a distance. Saajan settles down in Bhutan while Ila settles down in Nasik, completely unaware of the other person's whereabouts. She inquires about the first train to Nasik, and starts looking for him over there. Meanwhile, Ila is so drawn towards Saajan, that she reroutes her cab from the airport to a nearby train station. He rushes home, packs a bag and takes off to Thimphu. Having found his new zest for life, Saajan doesn't give up after he can't find Ila at her residential address according to the dabbawala. He becomes a tutor for many kids in the locality, as he helps them with everything between Maths and Accountancy. After his conversations with Ila, he has found a new vigour for life even though the realisation has stuck that his twilight years are upon him. Saajan gives up on his dilapidated Bandra home, and moves to Nasik for good. She starts afresh with her daughter, who gets enrolled in a school while Ila finds a job to support themselves.
Saajan isn't able to find her in time, she leaves for Bhutan without ever knowing he tried looking for her. The husband listens to Saajan, and manages to convince Ila to not walk out on him.
He warns him, that he might become another Saajan and he should do everything within his power to salvage his marriage with Ila. He tells her about his own loneliness of when he's smoking on his balcony, and he sees his neighbours share a meal like a family. He speaks to him at length about how Ila is a woman of the highest order and how if she walked out of his life, he would never find someone like her ever again. With the help of the dabbawala who picks up the aloo gobi from Saajan's caterer, he tracks down Ila's husband. Saajan meets Ila's husbandĪfter Saajan decides he isn't the right person for Ila, he takes it upon himself to fix her marriage. And just like that they live happily ever after. Ila makes lip-smacking food, while Saajan complains about the chilli being on the higher side. Both Ila and Saajan profess their love for each other, and they move in together as a family. As Saajan accompanies the dabbawalas to find Ila's house, he finds her just in time and is able to convince her to not go to Bhutan. This is the ending most people were hoping for. Saajan and Ila get their happy ending, the one we all hoped for Does he get there in time? Do they live happily ever after? What happens? We tried imagining the following 8 instances. Ila announces her intention to move to Bhutan, while Saajan abandons his plans for Nasik and tracks her down. And it is our love for the movie, which made us imagine the different possibilities of the ambiguous climax. Source: 18reasonsĪnd yet, people from all around the world were able to relate to the loneliness within the packed crowds of a metropolis. Centered around the near flawless dabbawala system, this love story would not be able to take place in any other city of the world. With The Lunchbox, the world opened up to the possibilities of Bollywood's less-glamorous cousin which had an extremely indigenous quality to it. Ritesh Batra's intimate portrait of Mumbai and the loneliness it harbours, won over cinephiles all over the world.